Christian Civilization: An Address Delivered Before the Athenian Society of the University of Ohio at Athens, September Sixteenth, 1840A. Pugh, Print., 1840 - 26 páginas |
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... once let the honesty of our people oppose a law and it is powerless . Such is the nature of our Democracy : as the character of our people is , such will our Government be . In order then to influence our Government , we have only to in ...
... once let the honesty of our people oppose a law and it is powerless . Such is the nature of our Democracy : as the character of our people is , such will our Government be . In order then to influence our Government , we have only to in ...
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... once more , is not to convey knowledge so much as to rouse thought ; the views to which I have been led may be very mistaken , and yet by the statement of them I may cause your minds to enter upon a course of inquiry which will bring ...
... once more , is not to convey knowledge so much as to rouse thought ; the views to which I have been led may be very mistaken , and yet by the statement of them I may cause your minds to enter upon a course of inquiry which will bring ...
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... once . If man be an immortal creature , and have rela- tions with the Infinite , a full conception of the Infinite must be essential to his perfect growth . But when this conception alone ruled , what was its results ? At first ...
... once . If man be an immortal creature , and have rela- tions with the Infinite , a full conception of the Infinite must be essential to his perfect growth . But when this conception alone ruled , what was its results ? At first ...
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... once make us smile at what we see , and muse upon what we do not see . The spirit of Greece would never have adorned temples with pictures of the Crucifixion . The peculiar character of the middle ages may be seen also in their ...
... once make us smile at what we see , and muse upon what we do not see . The spirit of Greece would never have adorned temples with pictures of the Crucifixion . The peculiar character of the middle ages may be seen also in their ...
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... once ; they come in through centuries of change , and our day is probably among those centuries . In this land , if we mistake not , another and completer form of civilization is hereafter to be seen than has yet been witnessed ; a form ...
... once ; they come in through centuries of change , and our day is probably among those centuries . In this land , if we mistake not , another and completer form of civilization is hereafter to be seen than has yet been witnessed ; a form ...
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Página 26 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Página 23 - True, he never did, but it was because he knew so well that if we but sought " the kingdom of God and his righteousness, all these things should be added unto us.
Página 26 - With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, iearn to labor, and to wait.